Hamilton Apologises to Ferrari as Antonelli Closes in on Title

LONDON, United Kingdom, Oct 11 – Lewis Hamilton apologised to his Ferrari team after overriding the pit wall and choosing his own strategy during the Singapore Grand Prix. Ferrari were on course to finish second and third with Charles Leclerc and Hamilton, but instead the seven-time champion fell back to sixth in the closing laps as he fought a losing battle to hold off three cars while on fading tyres. Hamilton apologised to the team over the radio on the slowing-down lap after the race, saying: “Sorry, boys. I let you down today with that strategy. My call, and I lost us valuable points....

Ferrari were on course to finish second and third with Charles Leclerc and Hamilton, but instead the seven-time champion fell back to sixth in the closing laps as he fought a losing battle to hold off three cars while on fading tyres.

Hamilton apologised to the team over the radio on the slowing-down lap after the race, saying: “Sorry, boys. I let you down today with that strategy. My call, and I lost us valuable points. I’ll try and make up for it in the next one.”

Team principal Frederic Vasseur said: “Clearly we asked them to pit. Charles pitted. Lewis didn’t want to pit because he… I don’t know why. And then he realised it was the wrong call. It’s why he apologised to the team.

“Now it’s not a drama for me that he made the wrong call. I’m making mistakes, he’s making mistakes, we’re all making mistakes sometimes. Now we have to look ahead and make mistakes positively.”

Source: Capital FM Sports